International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Jamaica
Jamaica: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 131.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Jamaica, 1995–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 131.00 million current US$ for international tourism, expenditures for travel items in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 53.9% on the previous year and down 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Jamaica peaked at 298.00 million current US$ in 2007 and was at its lowest, 131.00 million current US$, in 2020.
That places Jamaica 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 148.00 million current US$ | — |
| 1996 | 157.00 million current US$ | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 181.00 million current US$ | +15.3% |
| 1998 | 198.00 million current US$ | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 227.00 million current US$ | +14.6% |
| 2000 | 209.00 million current US$ | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 206.00 million current US$ | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 258.00 million current US$ | +25.2% |
| 2003 | 252.00 million current US$ | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 286.00 million current US$ | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 249.00 million current US$ | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 273.00 million current US$ | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 298.00 million current US$ | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 268.00 million current US$ | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 216.00 million current US$ | -19.4% |
| 2010 | 193.00 million current US$ | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 159.00 million current US$ | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 184.00 million current US$ | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 178.00 million current US$ | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 198.00 million current US$ | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 235.00 million current US$ | +18.7% |
| 2016 | 256.00 million current US$ | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 271.00 million current US$ | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 286.00 million current US$ | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 284.00 million current US$ | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 131.00 million current US$ | -53.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 182.20 million current US$ | 148.00 million current US$ | 227.00 million current US$ | 5 |
| 2000s | 251.50 million current US$ | 206.00 million current US$ | 298.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 224.40 million current US$ | 159.00 million current US$ | 286.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 131.00 million current US$ | 131.00 million current US$ | 131.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 120 North Macedonia 147.00 million current US$ compare
- 121 El Salvador 142.00 million current US$ compare
- 122 Zimbabwe 135.00 million current US$ compare
- 124 Malta 127.00 million current US$ compare
- 125 Burkina Faso 114.60 million current US$ compare
- 126 Papua New Guinea 113.00 million current US$ compare
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Jamaica?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Jamaica was 131.00 million current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 298.00 million current US$ in 2007.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 131.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Jamaica rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Jamaica ranks 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.